East Moriches, NY
East Moriches wildfire risk explained
East Moriches sits at the 48th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,965 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Moriches's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Where East Moriches's buildings actually sit
Of East Moriches's 2,965 counted buildings, 52.2% carry Direct exposure and only 44% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
East Moriches against the rest of the country
Compare East Moriches's two percentiles: 92nd within New York, only 48th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Moriches ranks 16,424 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,489 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 101 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
East Moriches and the insurance market
East Moriches's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in East Moriches (52.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
East Moriches's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond East Moriches, see the exposure-zones guide.